Cattle-yoke.



J. D. CARR.

CATTLE YOKE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.22. 1914.

L17 52 Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

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CATTLE-YOKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2'7, 1915.

Application filed August 22, 1914. Serial No. 858,144.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Jnssin D. CARR, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Padgitt, in the county of Young and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cattle-Yokes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a cattle yoke and the primary object of the invention is the provision of a yoke for attachment to a cows head which will prevent the cow from reaching over or under a wire fence or prevent her from breaking down the fence in an endeavor to graze upon the other side from the one upon which she is pastured.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a yoke as specified which is provided with means which will engage the upper and lower jaws of the cow when she endeavors to get through a fence and clamp her jaws in engagement with each other pre venting the opening of the same.

With the foregoing and other objects in view this invention consists in such novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters designate like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cows head showing the improved yoke applied thereupon. Fig. 2 is a front view of the yoke. Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the jaw engaging members, and Fig. 4; is a detail view partially in section of the lower end of the yoke.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 designates a U-shaped metallic strip which passes about the under surface of the neck of the cow and has arms 2 and 3 connected to its upper end. The arms 2 and 3 are pivotally connected to the U-shaped strip 1 and are permitted to move forwardly therefrom, but are restrained from rearward movement by lugs 4: which are formed by the bending transversely of the ends of the U- strip 1. The arm 3 is of greater length than the arm 2 and projects upwardly from the neck of the cow having its upper end curved or bent forwardly as is indicated at 5 in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The curved or crooked end of the arm 3 is provided so that in case the arm engages a wire, the same will be held thereagainst and moved rearwardly for causing the U-bracket 1 to move into engagement with the under surface of the jaw of the cow, forcing the jaw upwardly into engagement with the cows upper jaw and preventing her from grazing when the arm 3 is in its rearward position.

The upper jaw of the cow has a U-shaped bracket 6 positioned thereupon, which bracket is provided for bearing downwardly upon the upper jaw thereby forcing the upper and lower jaws of the cow into engagement with each other preventing her from opening her jaws when sheis endeavoring to get through a fence. The U-shaped bracket 6 is formed upon arms 7 and 8, which arms are bent to form substantially a Y-shape and have their lower ends 9 and 10 respectively secured together and spaced apart from each other so as to provide for the insertion of the upper end of the arm 11 therebetween. The arm 11 is pivotally mounted upon a pin 12 which extends through the arms 9 and 10 and it has a tongue 14 projecting longitudinally from the upper end thereof. The tongue 1a is provided for engagement against a pin 15 which securely attaches the arms 9 and 10 one to the other, whereby the pivotal movement of the arm 11 is limited to one direction, chiefly forwardly so as to permit the cow to graze ordinarily without forcing the clamping action of the U-member 6. The lower end of the arm 11 is curved forwardly as is shown at 16 so as to prevent a wire from slipping off from the arm in case the cow endeavors to go through a wire fence.

In the operation of the improved jaw gripping yoke heretofore described: when the cow endeavors to get through a wire fence or to put her head through the fence for the purpose of grazing upon the other side of the fence, the arms 3 and 11 will engage the wire of the fence and the forward movement of the cows head will force the arms 3 and 11 rearwardly, moving the U members 1 and 6-into engagement with the under and upper jaws of the cow respectively and securely clamping the cows jaws together and preventing her from eating or grazing, consequently she will naturally move rearwardly and back aWay from the fence, so as to release the clamping action upon her jaws. In case only one of the arms engages the Wires of a fence the clamping effect of the one Will be of such nature as to prevent the cow from opening her mouth as is clearly obvious by reference to the drawings.

In reducing the invention to practice certain minor features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may necessitate alterations to which the patentee is entitled provided such alterations are comprehended Within the scope of What is claimed.

What is claimed is In a stock yoke, a U-shaped member positioned beneath the under surface of a coWs neck and adapted for clamping engagement With the coWs under jaw, a U-bracket adapted for engagement with the upper jaw of the cow, a plurality of arms connected to said U-shaped members for moving said U-shaped members into clamping engagement With-the coWs jaws upon rearward movement of said arms, one of said arms being permitted to have forward pivotal movement independent of the U-clamping member Which is attached thereto.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence oftwo Witnesses.

JESSIE D. CARR.

WVitnesses:

IV. P. REYNOLDS, A. B. POTTER Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

